Rummer

Rummer with a funnel bowl and a domed, square foot. The stem has a collar and the rummer is wheel engraved. It depicts a ship with 'VICTORY' inscribed on the stern and Nelson's funeral carriage with inscriptions: 'TRAFALGAR', 'NILE' and 'VICTORY'. Engraved: 'IN MEMORY OF LORD NELSON OCTR 21 1805.'

Object Details

ID: GGG0016
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Vessels: Victory (1765)
Date made: circa 1806
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 174 x 106 mm